pirarucu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pirarucu
1830–40; < Portuguese < Tupi pirá-rucú literally, red fish
Example Sentences
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They expect to earn that in the near future by exporting pirarucu meat.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
With no previous experience in the Amazon — so different from its home base in Rio — the company nevertheless decided to procure pirarucu skin on its own in the vast region.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
By law, only 30% of the pirarucu in a particular area may be fished the following year.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Thousands of miles away from the Amazon, down a hilly dirt road on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Nova Kaeru will process about 50,000 skins from legally-caught giant pirarucu or arapaima fish this year.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Salt codfish was twopence per pound cheaper than the vile salt pirarucu of the country.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates
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